Downingtown, Pa., auction house Pook & Pook Inc. is fresh off summer vacation and ready to jump into the fall auction season with an immense two-day online-only Decorative Arts Sale. Beginning Wednesday, Aug. 29, and concluding on Thursday Aug. 30, the sale will feature over 1,500 lots and encompass every inch of American and Continental decorative arts. Online bidding for both days will begin at 9 a.m., exclusively on bidsquare.com.
Pook & Pook buyers have come to expect a vast assortment of early American furniture and folk art from the Pennsylvania auction house, and this decorative arts auction will not disappoint. Items will include velvet theorems, folk portraits, fraktur, primitive landscapes, silhouettes, needlework, and pocket-sized portraits. Near countless lots of textiles will be on offer, with dozens of quilts, coverlets, and hooked rugs. An impressive collection of American pewter is a highlight, as well as a selection of painted country Americana, Native American basketry, redware, and stoneware. Items on offer from further abroad include Gaudy Dutch and Gaudy Welsh porcelain, Oriental carpets, blue and white Staffordshire, and Chinese porcelain and jade.
Collections from various estates will comprise a large portion of the two-day sale. A large consignment came from Santa Fe, N.M., and items from estates across Chester, Bucks, Berks, and Lancaster counties will also be sold.
Among the whimsical collections of everyday early American objects include a sign painter’s toolkit, a Kentucky bluegrass seeder, and a Sheraton shaving mirror. The assortment of objects on offer is endlessly varied, such as a Regency mahogany cheese wheel, a sterling silver muffineer, and a green painted squirrel cage, all just a sampling of the eclectic and intriguing mix of objects in the auction.
Gallery exhibitions are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 27 and 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Interested bidders are encouraged to contact Pook & Pook Inc. at info@pookandpook.com or 610-269-4040 with questions regarding condition reports, bidder registration, or online bidding. Catalogs can be viewed online at www.pookandpook.com or www.bidsquare.com.